Intel moves closer to next-gen memory
Published: 29 Oct 2009 09:25 GMT
Researchers are two steps closer to creating a mass-market version of technology called phase-change memory that could change how computers of the future are put together.
Intel and Numonyx, the chipmaker's joint venture with STMicroelectonics that is focused on flash memory, announced on Wednesday that they have built a new type of phase-change memory chip they hope will help fulfil the technology's promise for small size and large capacity.
The 64Mb capacity is not momentous on its own — Numonyx announced a 128Mb device in 2006 and Samsung said in September it is producing a 512Mb chip. But what is significant are two major advances in making the decades-old idea practical.
For more on this story, see Intel's next-gen memory closer to reality on CNET News.
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